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+1 on Peggie as well. For tanks she recommends Ronco Plastics in CA. I just ordered a holding tank from them and they are truly a pleasure to deal with and the tank quality is great.

Matt

03-28-2012 10:04 AM

chef2sail

Re: Head Help

+1 on Peggy

Trident green strip sanitation hose is one of the best. Hoses are the most importatnt part of the system as they are the weak line in terms of the smell or eventual smell.

Also design a system that you can keep the effluent out of the hoses when at rest. I put a 11/2 inche ball valve at the exit of the tank to the hose going to the pump out/ macerator. This keeps the crap in the tanlk until you are rady to discharge as opposed to sitting in the hoses.

Make sure you use the largest vent possible as the fresh air is the best way to keep smell down as aerobic organisms are the good ones in your tank and you want them to proliferate.

+1 for a rigid tank over a bladder tank. After constant problems with the bladder holding tank on my previous boat, I replaced it with a rigid plastic tank. Big improvement.

03-27-2012 10:19 PM

Faster

Re: Head Games...

Quote:

Originally Posted by olson34

Speaking of pottie models...
Do take a good look at the Raritan PH2. Costs a bit more, but worth it!

There are other good quality heads, but that's the one we put in new and never had to work on it at all for a decade.

Previously, we had a Par/Jabsco "99 dollar on sale" head on our prior boat. Poor design and poor materials. Basically a POS.
(bad pun alert!)
That thing needed a pump cleaning and rebuild almost every year.

Loren

Yep, for conventional heads I've gotta agree with this. Have had that model on two different boats covering the last 20 years... rebuilt it once in that time.

03-27-2012 09:36 PM

olson34

Head Games...

Speaking of pottie models...
Do take a good look at the Raritan PH2. Costs a bit more, but worth it!

There are other good quality heads, but that's the one we put in new and never had to work on it at all for a decade.

Previously, we had a Par/Jabsco "99 dollar on sale" head on our prior boat. Poor design and poor materials. Basically a POS.
(bad pun alert!)
That thing needed a pump cleaning and rebuild almost every year.

Loren

03-27-2012 07:15 PM

Brent Swain

Re: Head Help

Check out composting heads like airhead.com, natures head, or C-head. Much simpler.

03-27-2012 04:54 PM

chuck53

Re: Head Help

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitiempo

"cess pool of knowledge"

Is that a compliment?

Yes....pun intended.

03-27-2012 02:19 PM

mitiempo

Re: Head Help

"cess pool of knowledge"

Is that a compliment?

03-27-2012 01:54 AM

jcase12

Re: Head Help

The current issue of good old boat has an article that might be of interest.

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